Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called a special election for a state Senate seat that has been vacant for nearly nine ...

Nearly eight months after U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) left her seat in the Michigan Senate to serve in Congress, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called a special election to fill ...

Gov. Whitmer waited months to call an election to fill a vacant Michigan Senate seat previously held by a Democrat, prompting outcry from Republicans.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Friday called a special election to fill a state Senate seat that’s been vacant for nearly eight months, after a lawsuit was filed to force her to act.

A special election has been called for Michigan's 35th Senate seat, which opened when Kristen McDonald Rivet was elected to Congress.

A shutdown is big headlines trumpeting the dysfunction of state government, an embarrassing admission that lawmakers can't ...

A Saginaw City Council member has been sentenced for forging signatures on a petition to get another candidate on a 2024 election ballot, officials said. Monique Lamar-Silvia, 64, was given a year's ...

Five of seven alleged double voting cases in the August 2024 primary in St. Clair Shores were dismissed, but state prosectors ...

Found guilty of three felonies in June, Lamar-Silvia on Wednesday, Aug. 27, was sentenced by a judge to serve one year of probation, pay fines, engage in community service and participate in a ...

A city council member from Saginaw, Michigan, has been sentenced to probation and has lost her seat in the aftermath of an election signature forgery investigation.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Michigan Senate, her office announced ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer set a special election for Michigan’s 35th Senate seat, covering Bay, Midland and Saginaw, with votes on Feb. 3 and May 5, 2026.